Thursday, June 27, 2013

The ROBOTECH® saga continues in this exciting new
adventure. Join Lancer, Scott Bernard, Admiral Rick Hunter and your
other favorite ROBOTECH characters once again in this follow-up to the
smash-hit series!

- This 2-MOVIE COLLECTION includes Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles
- Also includes Robotech: Love Live Alive, the must-have addition to the saga!
- Includes over 90 minutes of bonus features

Thursday, June 20, 2013

My late partner in Streamline Pictures, Carl Macek, made a lasting mark in pop culture and anime history, by creating Robotech (1985). The 85-episode syndicated series has gone on to have a large subsequent
life with sequels, prequels, comic books, toys, a devoted fandom and a
live action movie in development at Warner Bros. (produced by Tobey
Maguire). Now the Robotech saga continues with this upcoming DVD/blu-ray release.

Monday, June 17, 2013

A rumor regarding talent charging for autographs at Nan Desu Kan spread through the internet recently and caused great concern amongst the anime world. Well the convention organizers took to the NDK tumblr page to deal with the issue.

We’re seeing 10 questions all asking, so just to put it out there:

Autographs at NDK are part of your badge price and don’t have an additional cost! Promise!

Through the years, some guests may also sell additional merch you can
purchase (headshots, etc), but you are not require to do so! Autographs
at NDK are free and always will be.

Now, there are some rules with those. Here is the full fine print for your reference:

We’re still small enough we can afford to just line up for autographs
and not have to do things like lotteries for who gets and autograph.
However, you can help us to make sure that stays the case by following
these rules!

Please do not hug, grapple, grip, glomp, paw, try to kiss, or
otherwise maul the guests, or you may be removed from the convention
altogether.

No bootleg items are allowed in the autograph lines. Ask us if
you’re not sure, but if you don’t have a copyright somewhere on your
item, it might not be legit.

Please bring only one item per guest to sign, and do not request
pictures or sketches of guests with lines for their autograph. We want
everyone in line to get a chance at an autograph.

The line for autographs will be capped and autographs will be
stopped at the end of the scheduled autograph time. Thus, if there are
50 people still in line at 5 minutes before the end of the session, we
will not allow anyone else to join the line. We allow limited autograph
times to save our guests from tendonitis, and the signing sessions must
stop at the time scheduled for them to end.

There is no guarantee for autographs. This is just a nice extra
thing that guests may choose to do, and that the convention makes space
and time for. Check the autograph schedule to see who is signing
together; we always schedule our guests in groups.

PLEASE REBLOG!

FOR THE RECORD: Harmony Gold staff on the Robotech Convention Tour NEVER charge for autographs at ANY show.

Monday, June 10, 2013

By comparison, San Diego Comic-Con had about 130,000+ attendees last
year, New York Comic-Con 116,000, FanExpo Canada had 91,000... And then
you're getting to events like Dragon*Con, which just brushed 52,000 in
it's 26th year; or this weekend's HeroesCon, a fan favorite that still
only draws about 12,000 attendees. Even San Diego Comic-Con's little
sister WonderCon only had 40,000 attendees.

Point being, this is big. To find out more, we chatted with Dr. Christina Angel, Convention Director for Denver Comic Con:

MTV Geek: Congrats on the big attendance! How's it feel, and what do you credit the upswing to?

Dr. Christina Angel: What’s become abundantly clear
to us is that Denver was well-primed for a large-scale comic con. Last
year, we honestly expected a turnout of about 15,000 and would have been
over the moon with that number because it was so far beyond what we
planned for. When the traffic turned out to be well over 27,000, we
were simply stunned (and thrilled, of course).

So, with this year’s 61,000, I am all but speechless. Our 2013
presales were incredibly strong, and we knew that we had tapped into a
powerful fan base and interest. We attribute this largely to the unique
blend of people who live in Denver – there’s a strong sense of community
and geek culture here, but also, the comic con “thing” is hot all
around the country right now. I don’t have statistics, but I know that
cons everywhere are experiencing record turnouts. I think nerd-dom has
really gone mainstream in the last few years. Geek: What was the response like from vendors? We
certainly heard about good sales from the comic book folks, but I'm
curious to hear from your perspective.

Angel: The responses I got from vendors was
overwhelmingly positive; most of them sold the bulk of what they brought
(many reporting selling out their inventories) and the presales for
next year’s vendor spaces are through the roof, with many folks securing
their space for 2014 already.

Geek: It also seemed to be the most "family
friendly" Con I've been to, at least... Do you think that affected the
size of the crowds?

Angel: We’d like to think so, yes. Because we are an educational nonprofit for children,
it’s very important to us that we include kids’ activities and
programming and make the experience one for the entire family.
Additionally, because we’re all nerds too, we know how crucial it is
that places like comic cons are as inclusive as they can be – all are
welcome. I don’t have numbers yet on the under-10 crowd, but I know it
was quite high and they are definitely a factor that affects our
attendance numbers. We couldn’t be happier to be helping parents raise a
new generation of comics and pop culture nerds!

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Introducing
the first line-up of Robotech Plush toys! These soft plush toys will be
available in Max Sterling and Rick Hunter's VF-1J planes as well as Roy
Fokker's yellow VF-1S craft. Each plush is screen printed with the
iconic aircraft designs and measures 5 inches tall and 1 foot nose to
tail with a 10" wingspan. Estimated to ship out in August of this year!